Viiv Falls Flat

smilingman writes "The Washington Post (Retina Scan Required) is reporting that Intel's Viiv media center, which was supposed to revolutionize home entertainment and kill the living-room PC as we know it, fails miserably to deliver in its first incarnation. From the article: 'During a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, chief executive Paul S. Otellini unveiled Viiv -- a combination of hardware and software that would combine functions of the TV, the DVD player, the VCR and the video game console... In April, Viiv doesn't look much like that vision. On a typical Viiv box, Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion m7360y, it amounts to a smattering of free Web video clips and discounts on online music, movie and game rentals -- plus a nifty rainbow-hued Viiv sticker on the front of the computer.'"

Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

It's pretty cool that the computer industry has matured to the point that we can actually ship vaporware!

Does Intel even know what "Viiv" is supposed to be? It is actually supposed to *be* anything? Or are they just selling random names now?

But...

[alerante]

Having a nifty rainbow-hued sticker on the front of my computer is half the fun!

i've never even heard of it...

[random_amber]

Viiv? how do i pronounce this? Six-Four? or Seven-Five?

Easy answer

[Anonymous Coward]

I pronounce it "dead."

Re:But...

[conteXXt]

Mine lied to me, said it would have windows or some such.

All I see is this glowing screen that I can't see through.

Re:This can't possibly surprise anyone

[zippthorne]

Bourne-Again SHell and the Mario Bros. series are two examples of pipe dreams that have turned out pretty well...

Re:This can't possibly surprise anyone

[caudron]

Wow! I didn't know that bolding your text could get you modded up even when what you say is completely obvious to the audience you are addressing.

( ;) It's a joke. Laugh now. )

Tom Caudron
http://tom.digitalelite.com/ [digitalelite.com]

Re:same old story

[Vlad2.0]

You obviously don't use Gentoo.

Re:Wow

[Beryllium Sphere(tm)]

It's an editor for palindromic files. Many people prefer the programmability of emacsscame, however.

Re:same old story

[saintlupus]

Sounds like you buy flat soda. Pepsi is never flat for me and is blows Coke away. Coke is the most bland cola I've ever tasted.

RC for life, bitches.

(Yeah, I'm the only one. Whatever. At least there's one restaurant in my neighborhood with it.)

--saint